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The biggest problem with The New York Times’ new Bay Area section is that it acts like a foreign desk, treating the region like a surprisingly cosmopolitan colonial outpost.

An interview with the VQR contributor about her poetry-based coverage of women who live in endemic poverty in Troy, New York.

Editor’s Note—This is the last in a four-part series [1, 2, 3, 4] on the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai.

An Indian commando rappels from a helicopter during the final assault on Nariman House (Pedro...

Editor’s Note—This is part three of a four-part series [1, 2, 3, 4] on the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai.

The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower in flames (Priyam Dhar).

Editor’s Note—This is part two of a four-part series [1, 2, 3, 4] on the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai.

Police gathered outside the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower (Priyam Dhar).

Fernandes stole a look at the scene below. Bodies lay scattered on the station floor, slicked in blood. The gunmen scanned and swiveled. They shot from the hip, in steady bursts. On any other day, Fernandes would have taken them for college...

An interview with the regular VQR contributor about his coverage of tabloid journalists in Juárez who report on narco-murders.

Next week we’ll publish a 19,000 word account of the attacks, on the occasion of the anniversary.

Every time I crunch into a fuyu persimmon I feel guilty, like when I read the Times online or ignore my local bookstore for a cheaper copy on Amazon or Alibris.